Fears rise of gender setbacks in global climate battle

A woman carrying a child following flash flooding in Pesisir Selatan Regency, West Sumatra in March. Rising climate change impacts – from floods to droughts and extreme heat – take a disproportionate toll on women, experts say. (Photo by REZAN SOLEH/ AFP)

Some 80% of people displaced by climate change are women and girls, heightening risks of human trafficking and other abuses.

AS global climate negotiators seek to eke out progress, participants say they are witnessing backsliding in one unexpected area – gender.